Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [coord] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 In any case , Stephen 's mother uses Hilary as an excuse to stay on at the Manor and I want rid of her . ’
2 I suggested to Wilson that there had to be a short cooling-off period , after which Max Aitken would be a suitable person to go to Rhodesia as an unofficial ambassador , since in the war he had flown with Smith in the RAF and they had become good friends .
3 My friend Simon Jones was over from the States and I 'd promised him seats that night , and then forgotten all about it .
4 She 'd had an abortion on the Sunday and she 'd died on the Monday .
5 My friend the Mason and I have come to an agreement .
6 He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it .
7 Now I , I 've rung the Claremont and they 've said , oh yes , it 's the conference erm you know amount and we 're very , appar we were , I was very lucky cos we got the last three rooms .
8 In mid-January India had secured from the IMF the equivalent of US$1,800 million ( $777 million as the first tranche of a standby arrangement and $1,009 million under the compensatory and contingency financing facility — CCFF ) in order to boost foreign exchange reserves which had been eroded by rising oil prices and the loss of remittances from the Gulf and which had reached an unprecedented low in late 1990 .
9 Jack is a founder member of the BCRS and he has addressed the members twice on Agriculture and the Bishop 's Castle Railway .
10 It is being sold as a war in the U.S. and it has reached an emotional level to equal that of contests of a more combative nature like boxing or American football .
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